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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-04-28

The girls have less than nine months now
to wait for leap year.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-04-28

New Parasols and silk umbrellas at Rohrs
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-04-28

Leaving still in Company's pos
session. .
The Company's investments
have yielded sufficient returns
to pay all expenses and taxes,
and still to add to the Policy
holders fund for the fulfill
ment of existing cnntrarts
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-04-28

49,
New dress trimmings at Rohrs & Suhr's. ct
The M. E. Church has received its spring
cleaning.
New Parasols and silk umbrellas at Rohrs
& Suhr's. N
What has become of our country cores,
pondents?
F. Co. boys expect to get orders to go to
Paulding county.
Miss Belle Cowdrick visited in Toledo dur
ing the past week.
Miss Matte Garner, of Toledo, is the guest
of Belle Cowdrick.
Wauseon is talking of issuing bonds to
build Normal School.
Henry Raft is putting up new dwelling
house on West Washington street.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-04-28

What has become of our country cores
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-04-28

Groschner & Reddersen publish dissolu-
tion notice this week.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-04-28

The M. E. Church has received its spring
cleaning
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-18

Tie Ger eral AS. M ~ ass(d a
b J prohibit z. under severe pen
a It's. s., the CNr0uirle, npv.u >
per, Publishing a iveriisements Of
lottery companies. Tni5 hIll "a~
close KIN to that'prDp .bv some
member in the1HOnse to prohibit q
merchant who sells goods on time
from charging more than eight pr
cent. profit. Some members of the
General Assembly we'll nigh forgot
that the people have some rights left
which they cannot ahridge. If the
General Assembly has the power to
prohibit news aper from advert is
ing lottery it can prohibit them
from advsr isiE a ri Gus; AMI if
th's does It crafty their puritan
cal n ,l}On, th,Y VIII undertake to
Dnnisl Il man for going to circus.
1t il about time the Democratic
,'arty, if it expects to live, was go>
ing back to first principles NEG
Bern JourndL.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-18
a <stEsEC MILE.

"The solid earth occupies a space
equal to 267l ,ubtc MES. Few go
pie HAY e amy conception Of the m
mcnSlty Cf space IN Il slngle mlIr.
Professor Bernstein, All em,ntn
German Savant, illustrates It II :
striking way. Imagine, lie say ..
box one mile each way-Iong
wide and deep and let us try
nil 1t. We WI | take all the gre.
cities of Eur"p., L'ndOn, Parl-
berhn, VI, nns, St. P,terSpnr4, Co
,J5tlnopiv and the rest the hottn"
i, care ly covered. Ne take u,
very t,h, < el~e Uhat human hands
ave built IN Europe, Asia, Attic
\ metlca, Australia and ali tue san g.
tina liz ou the sea ; ttIOw l. alt !
nd tie box Is scare ely ha3f al.
lie W W |. lay la ali tue f,,0plc )
he o I. O-e row viii req iii,
1890. aid 1000 lows make lie
aver at 4e 900 ,OOO-ju~t enULg
t,r North America. tut brlwt /.
arh layer Ued of straw and leaves
tturty feet thick (whlch will take AL
Ne str W ana ieAV, In the AOrit.J
rc will proceed to pack IN the h7r
nee nl mnnkind- 1,4OJ, 900, 200 lis
.il-n about thltty Ia, crs- / lac
noN Is On.y nAlf fill. Dana: III al.
,nlmai creation, and I, ere silt ii
'e Il treat rlnp" of space e. -
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-18
EDUCATIONAL.

Mr., EDIrpk: As one int esteo
al lAborInS III tue cause of edu, -
lon, | wish &" pr .,tut some C0us,
cations relative to the education OF
:nlIdren. AID if it were ever de
SHED in the councils o. aLes pnst
at the people in every section oil
lis great county sho1ld at som,
Inc become aroused above measui.
The ,nbi CT of some duty and tia
tticuilc tuty SIoIid relate to til.
tocatlpn - tbs rising generation
uo~LN the time is lultillt | aud t.
g." oppOrtuue now to con+,itr
.o"ert +, Lee, our great Soutuel
LET a'n,stId that daty is the en.
rest word IN the kn5Ii-n L..
ua-e.'
Together with the mob ats an
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-18

John Sherman IS coming South
nurse a presidential boom for him self
OF course. lie proposes 10 fight J.
out against BIaine,if 1t takes alLtls-
summer and the summer that i t
follow this. The tattooAd mar
will We to look o his frave1 and
SOiied plumes. AS for the Democra-
cy, It can beat the one candidate as
easily as the Olher, atd ,ither as
easily as it beat Blaine.-Neuy-OJ>
SDrrer.
II our me nory serves US 10 t the
Pinned knights defe At was not
Icu a di<as rOU one as the above
article would imply. A change Of
only six hundred votes in tte Eiu.
pire State wO I'D have changed the
result tAtIrely. Ihe eIIocfats VII
therefore have to nominate theiI
>,ro, gest man IN 1855. to defeat
i.alne, Sh1rn n, II anv her X,
uhlfc:!n nominee. AMI ID N.d
I'LL. Of New YY.k, appe tr- t. IT,
ust at this time To be the .Gan
iii the 0ilt.-So tbDaUi Ref lectgr.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-18
HOME Supplies.

1t is not too late to SOW spring
oats. orchard grass aud cover. If
you lave not p .anted yet, had You
not b TT do SO now? There is
very lit e corn III this country, less
t oder and Ii y Il d NOu may say
IL clio or nor o~chlrd grass. Please
i II plant ali e tton this wear and
e. IN. Suct a course is supreme
'nlI,, yes it is worse than folly, it is
mdtln s.. it Is criminal and ought
TO b inatctable. Before the Wal
we mad our own meat anil bread,
c otn.s ami shoes. Now we bring
ur meat and corn from Chlcagp,
and or clothes and shoes from
New York. Before the war We
made > 00J, 900 bales of cotton and
ali aur home supplies and the cots
ON was that much clear money.
>oY We make more than 60 10000
bales "a; 4 The whole OF it will nos
pay tol the Guanos bought and for
the supplies used while making i.
Ii we contt ne t. go it blind in the
future as IN the past, we must land
III the poor house. and ought. Cot
ton is not king, If il is, it is king of
misfortunes and hard times. A I'LL
corn crib AMI meat house, fat horses
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-18
(E.ENE.I. AND.

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can in nr,.i4reuc. IN De,norrat to
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h,r,.rs ga fr,m New
yo,ly +, a otb4r fr,n Massachusetts.
- order of deeds IN the District
C,-u,nh = over the good ue,p'e
f.h.t di>t.ic instead Of ana, int
r ST. vh;a man.
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-18
WHITE aEs BLACK ,


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that ne Anglo % '' '"0'
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-18
WHISKY TAX.

MIR. EDITOR: There is mu.h Ia
bout the wh~key and tobacco fax
some al ca people want 1t aho -
he 4, at | beiteve like ,ou. ma
y should be removed from thu,e
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-18

SO much for the past. Let u
."w see how thisTea.oning applie
u our own present political orsani>
I 'tiohs. The Democratic part,
s-lil ella MS and justly so, to be the
hampton of Ilberty-still earnestly
contends for the rights of man-for
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-18

FIR the eloquent pens Of other lands
t ii ~ hi, words OF dnty should
never be 'Or1"t'en. Tie words Of
wisdom jus m~r toned brlng' 10
mlnd the auerdote relstod Cf tie
'a'Aer walking through the snow,
elm fui.o~,d hy tis 50. GA
. oklrg bchind he a. s.fv / IN his
i t,e va pIa"t'nL hi7 feet in
ne IA hers Own traek-. This
au-ed he ia h.r - re- fee that if
h, -nu was futOw,ug hts t"ot~tep~
- c.o,tl. IA The SLOW. he y. uld fol
'ow them in OF .r lhlo4~ AS We !.
In coutemplst of this thou ut. il
MAJ hc truly saiu In :mauN .esl ect~,
+ AS is the her 50 II the son
Taking the two hugs together that
the fathers thought- and dI@poSl>
ton, shape me sop's, and the 'mp"l-
tttce Of rne duty the father owes t"
t G zon-it i ittin', lnjecd, IL I
,.,.....,. .,,,, fat m, f. nifost
1rt..t 60 c.ru tor tie pepper educa
..ti.Jr,,, ami thn onirk-
,.1 .,,r.., o.,a,. ,f tna same
! III .dvcat o. Of children is a
,...,l, in, thru.
-.t.,,.,.. oo f farms. Tn. duty ur
,io,ar.,t j. tn. first exttpme. tie
,u.,, ,t tl.are cler,s the last ex-
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-18

AMI COW. make a man feel and look
NOR kingIv than all tn cotton
grown Ia tue country.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-18

Mr.. WatterSen, writing from
Washington, seems to thiok tn t
Mr.. Cleveland is sure to he nomin 4
ted II 1888. The Worl /, not friend
" to Mr.. Cleveland says that it IS
bad way to accept as a fact what
may he prevented. 1t Gays:
The Truth probably is that Mr.
" attersnn's idea as to the C Itainty
OF the Presidents renominal On is
b,s ID upon the mise inception wide~
IL lr, Valent ut the South q at Mr.
Cleveland is strong in bis own
state, AID sure to have lis delegation
, M The National COhventiOn. BuU
the fact is that Mr.. Clevelaud is to-
day much weaker In this State than
he was when lie lost 50.03Oor more
Democrat votes in 1884. Nei'he
the Irish voters. nor the large La 10
e EN- ut nor the party "workers'
IN lie iders are any better disposed
trwa DIS him than they then were.
Or the contrary, the number of the
discontinued has lar ely increas-
ed. "-Stur.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-18
p0Ea EGis. CLIPPINGS.
W. ii. IIal es

The Shelby. lie DeD1pc, ut, Indj
nnal ellis Pe"piD, Wmch"ster Deno
crut Crawford Wills. Rerte'c, Auto
Den.rcro, South Bend Times, Lis"
uler Bv"her ard MicEi-an City Dis
potch, leading Indiana D"mocr>tI
..aprrS, are for David Il Hill. Of \
\ for President III 1858, and d'
not ht~Itrt, t. give rva>unS.,-L I d
non Qni.l Pioneer.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-18

If Messr IliIl and Blaine should
be nominated for Pre- ident hy then
respective PARTIES In 1888, wh"t
would tn. Mugwumps do and WHOM
would Ties support? Well quiz
likely they would take 20 tie wood
Boston Herald
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-18

1t i, not sire tchIng tie truth al
all to ST., that threc-lourths of t.
Democrats Of this State en- T.
clss~ed " for Hill tir,l, last and al
tue time" as 2 e~.dent Cle> elana'
success or. WLen the proi or tim,
arrives this sentiment will end en-
pLatic and irres stibie expression.-
Geneva IN, " Dem. Gazette.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-28
The Verdict Unanimous.

w. d. Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Ind.
teseifies: " L can recommend Electric
Bitters as the very best remedy. Every
bottle sold has given relief in every
case. One man took six bottles and
was cured of Rheumatism of 10 years
standing" Abraham Hare, druggist,
Bellville, Ohio, affirms j: "The best
selling medicine ever handled in my
20 years experience, is Electric Bitters"
Thousands of others have added their
testimony, so that the verdict is unan.
imOus that Electric Bitters do cure all
diseases of the Liver. Kidneys or
Blood. Only half dollar a bottle at
q. P. Reeds drug store.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-28
Waatarn Cyclones.

FORT SCOTT, KAN, April 23-The
town of Prescott, this county, was
literally wiped out of existence Thurs
day night. by cyclone, and not a
single building is left standing. A
mass of ruins now marks the spot of a
once thriving town. Homeless fami-
lies are caring for their dead and dy-
ing in the open air. They have no
food, no shelter, and no hope or am
bition for the future. Ten persons al Q
dead, and five seriously injured. Many
others were killed in different parts o.
the county. 1t is impossible to esti-
mate the damage or loss of life.
NEVADA. Mo-, April pa terrific
tornado swept over the northern psrt
of Vernon county Thursday night,
uprooting trees, tearing houses to
pieces, and doing great damage. Six
people are known to be killed. and
many more injured. A heavy rain at
the time was illumined by falling balls
of fire, which struck the earth and
burst in myriads of fiery flakes. An
other cyclone moving from the west
into Arkahsas, laid bare a track a
quarter of a mile wide near Ozark.
Several persons were killed and in
jured.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-28
paid for His Learning.

Seated in the Office of the Park Ho
tel on Monday were several travelling
men, Skates Brehm, the runner, ac
companied by friend, and Mr.. Cash
Clark, of this city. The friend
was engaged in writing letter, and
in an off hand manner, calculated to
dispel suspicion, turned to the gentle
men and asked how to spell the word
choir, body of singers. He was told
to spell it b o i-r, and his early edu
cation would never be questioned,
This did not suit him, as he contended
that his impression was that the WORD
should be spelled q u.i-r-e. He was
ridiculed for thinking of such thing,
but showed his confidence by offering
to stake $40 that he was right. The
offer was quickly accepted, and in
addition two others for like amount
were covered by the man who though
he knew how to spell. Webster's I'm
abridged was produced for proof, and
the word was found. 1t read, "Quire,
to sing in a choir" This settled the
matter, as well as the parties who
didn't know how to spell.-[W. r.
Democrat.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-28
TIE Press for $3.50 a Year
ddVG3aces

LIEUTENANT DANENHOwER. of Arc
tic fame, committed suicide by shoot
> ing himself In the right temple, last
Wednesday, at Annapolis, Md. A
disordered mental state is supposed to
have led to the act.
A STATEMENT prepared at the Treas
nry Department, shows the amount of
money in. actual circulation April l,
as follows: Gold coin, 1918, ,2fs, 4G2 );
standard silver dollars, $50 .S99 SIS !;
subsidiary silver. S48 .52G. .7l0; gold
certificates, $94 .046, ,"l5; silver certifi-
Gates, $l3' $3.50. .4s9; United States
notes, $2s4 ,5s5, 20. Total, 81 ,314, $685.
342, being net increase of S7.O52, 228
in actual circulation since March lst
last.
THE new law passed by the Kansas
Legislature at it's recent session, makes
it necessary for man desiring to open
q drug store TO have twenty-five wo
men signers to the petition, and any
person who buys liquor must go before
q Notary Public and make an afiida
Wit us to what use he will make of it,
and that it is not intended to be drank
as beverage.
DURING the month of March 4,712
new pension certificates were issued,
and 8, ,684 pensioners received an in
crease For the satisfaction of those
effervescent loyalists who predicted
multitude of disasters to follow the
adven, of a Democratic administra
tion. il may be necessary to explain
that not one OF these pensioners serv
ed in the rebel army.
On tke sth inst. 4 ,27S persons landed
at Castle Garden. Ninety per cent of
them were poor immigrants, expect
ing to make this country their home
If this food of labor should be kept
mp during one year, it would increas.
our population 100000. What must
be the effect upon the labor market by
the addition of this army, to say moth.
ing about the natural increase of oai
own people? Is it any wonder that
labor is in q constant state of mutiny?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-28
Excitement in Texas.

in the vicinity of Paris, Tex, by the
rema1 kable recovery of Mr.. J. E. Cor
ley, who was so helpless he could not
tarn in bed, or raise his head; every.
body said he was dying of COnsump-
ton. A trial bottle of DIR. Kings New
Discovery was sent him. Finding re-
lief, he bought large bottle and a
box of DR.. Kings New Life Pills by
the time he had taken two boxes of
Pills and two bottles of the Discovery,
he was well and had gained in flesh
thirty six pounds. Trial bottles of
this Great Discovery for Consumption
free at @. P. Reeds.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-28

THE people Of Dodge City, Kansas,
are marveling over the discovery of 3
large bone, which has recently been
brought into that city from point
about 65 miles southwest, near the
Cimarron river. This mammoth fos
sill was unearthed by some workmen
while digging a well, at depth OF
about 45 feet, and below stratum OF
sandstone. The length of this collos-
sal femur is about feet, 81 inches ::
weight, 96 pounds; circumfe renee OF
shaft, 20 inches head of bone femur)
"a inches in circumference lower end
or knee, SO inches in circumference.
Further excavations will be made at
an early date, with the hope of discov-
ering the entire skeleton.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-28
Another Brutal Murder In Cieve.
hand,


Cleveland is fast taking front rank
in the criminal calendar. Either it is
infested by desperately murderous
and brutal horde, whose daring, and
evident training in violence and crime
enables them to evade all safeguards
for the protection of life and property,
or there is gross inefficiency on tht
part of those entrusted with the safety
and lives of it's citizens. Last Satur
day night young domestic, in the
employ of Rev. Wilton Merle Smith,
residing on Case Avenue, one of the
most fashionable and brilliantly light
pany with young lady friend, wer.
out making calls in the evening. Oh
their return, their homes being in dlf
ferent localities, the young ladies sep
arated. The theory is that when near
her home, she lost her life in des-
perate attempt to preserve her honor
from an assault by murderOus and
licentious assailant. The occupants
of one or two houses heard the cries
of q woman about II o'clock. A Mr.
Hatch, in whose yard the deed w:
committed, on being awakened, very
deliberately arose. raised his window.
peered out, and after dressing himself
descended to the kitchen below, and
after cautiously inquiring what was
wanted, proceeded 10 a neighbours and
telephoned for the assistance of the
police to investigate as to the nature
and cause of the outcry, and disturb
ance of his slumbers. Returning. they
found the poor girl lying on the edge
of the cellar hatehway in Mr.. Hatch g
back yard. The body was lifted to
porch adjoining, and it remained for
acouple of enterprising Leader report
ers, upon arriving at the scene of the
tragedy, to enlightcn the valiant gem
tleman and the policemen as to the
difference between dead drunk and
one sleeping in the rigidity of death.
The perpetrator of thedeed was seen by
Mr.. Hatch and others to cody walk
away latter having gratified his beastly
passions at the expense of the life OF
a pure and helpless victim, with SEEM
ing impunity. No clue has yet been
obtained by the reporters, and the
police are anxiously awaiting the re-
suit of their Investigations.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-28

THE r. port telegrapl.ed to the st
the President a few days ago, in an
interview with Western Senator,
declared that he neither wished nor
would accept denomination, is pro
bounced to be wholly without founda
ton. The story was given upon the
alleged authority of Col Dorsheimer,
of New York, who, upon being inter-
viewed, says he never saw any such
letter as was alluded to in the Repub
lican special. aud that he did not have
at any time, a conversation with the
President regarding q second term
The Supreme Court hes decided a
case that is of special interest in the
coal regions of Pennsylvania. It has
beon the custom of workmen to an
ticipate their wages and obtain credit
by issuing to merchant power of
attorney to collect wages due at flu
ture time, leaving a blank for the
mama of the employer, the blank to
be filled by the merchant at future
date. In test case between one Jas.
Woodring and the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company, the Court below
decided that to hold such an assign
.nent valid would be to open the door
to improvidence and profusion on the
part of the assignor, and in the end to
utter and hopeless poverty The court
thought it equivalent to mans SELL
ing himself into slavery. and that the
danger to society from such a condi-
ton of things would be grave and
alarming. In that case an assign
ment was declared illegal, and it was
held that the Company must pay
Woodring his wages, although they
had already been paid to the store
keeper to whom he had given an as
signment. In affirming the Judgment
OF the Common Pleas Court of North
ampton county, the Supreme Court
says: 1.-The attempt was to assign
that which had no existence. either
substantial or incipient. There was
no foundation of contract on which
an Indebtedness might arise. 1t was
the mere possibility of subsequent
acquisition of property. This is too
vague aud uncertain. 1t can not be
sustained as valid assignment and
transfer of property"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-28

The Largest Stock of any House in Portage
County to select from. We have over TWO
HUNDRED different styles and kinds. No
old carried over Goods, but the very latest in
the market. All Goods in this department
New ard of the Latest Designs
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-28
In compliance with the suggestions

IN compliance with the suggestions
of the State Board of Health in refer
ence to surgical instruments and ap>
pliances being furnished passenger
and other r. r. trains, the surgeons
of the Bee Line, at a meeting held
last week in Cleveland, in their reI ort
recommended that trains on that line
be supplied with surgical instruments,
&C., to be available in case
of injuries requiring surgical aid.